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Czar Nicholas II has received President Roosevelt’s messages. Nicholas declared that Japan cannot change the agreed upon demands.
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1905-08-26
George von Lengerke Meyer sends a telegram and confirmation that Czar Nicholas II is away for the day, but will meet with Count Lamzdorf upon his return.
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1905-08-22
Rudolph Forster forwards a telegram from Ambassador Meyer stating that Czar Nicholas II is away for the day, and will meet with V. N. Lamzdorf upon return. Lamzdorf will then inform Meyer when he can meet with the czar.
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1905-08-22
Count Witte has forwarded President Roosevelt’s telegram to Czar Nicholas II. Japan’s peace offering is still being discussed, but will likely be rejected. Witte believes that Japan only wants peace at a great financial payment at the expense of bloodshed.
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1905-08-22
George von Lengerke Meyer met with Czar Nicholas II, who refuses to pay any indemnities to Japan.
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1905-08-23
Telegram and confirmation copy to say that George von Lengerke Meyer met with Czar Nicholas II to discuss Russo-Japanese peace settlements. Russia will not pay indemnities, but agrees with the points determined at the peace conference.
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1905-08-23
Baron Rosen informs President Roosevelt that Czar Nicholas II appreciates Roosevelt’s insights, but does not believe they would “bring about the desired result.”
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1905-08-23
Isaac Seligman reports on a productive conference with Sergei Vitte, wherein they discussed the mistreatment of Jews in Russia. The conference demanded immediate freedom from persecution for Russian Jews, and Vitte will discuss this with the government assembly.
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1905-08-17
Ambassador Meyer informs Assistant Secretary of State Adee that Czar Nicholas II will not accept Japan’s current demands for peace.
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1905-08-18
Confirmation of two telegrams from George von Lengerke Meyer to Alvey A. Adee, discussing Czar Nicholas II’s unwillingness to accept Japan’s current demands for peace.
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1905-08-18
Rudolph Forster forwards a confidential message for President Roosevelt from Ambassador Meyer stating that Czar Nicholas II claims peace will be impossible between Russia and Japan, if Japan does not concede its demands.
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1905-08-18
Rudolph Forster received a message from Ambassador Meyer indicating that Russia would remove all discriminating duties.
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1905-08-19
Ambassador Meyer reports that Czar Nicholas II thinks Japan’s settlement demands are meant to embarrass Russia and wonders if England encouraged those demands.
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1905-08-20
Rudolph Forster received a telegram from Ambassador Meyer indicating that Czar Nicholas II thinks Japan’s settlement demands are meant to embarrass Russia and wonders if England encouraged those demands.
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1905-08-20
Ambassador Meyer explains to Secretary of State Root that Prince Hohenlohe told him Czar Nicholas II will refuse any peace offerings from Japan that would require them to lose territory or pay war indemnities. The czar was also offended by Japan’s wishes concerning the Russian navy, claiming that these actions were intended to “humiliate Russia before the world.”
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1905-08-20
Sergei Witte recommends Russia make concessions to Japan, but Czar Nicholas II is unwilling. George von Lengerke Meyer will support Witte.
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1905-08-20
President Roosevelt authorizes a message to Czar Nicholas II encouraging Russia to make peace with Japan.
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1905-08-21
In a confidential telegram, Ambassador Meyer reveals that it is believed that the Peterhof Conference has voted to have a national assembly and that the Czar has signed a constitution.
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1905-08-05
The reform party in Russia now wants peace.
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1905-08-07
The Russian Consulate General is seeking references as to the character of Percy Kinnaird, author of the book The Legal Tender Problem. Kinnaird has given John Allison as a reference, and Allison writes President Roosevelt to alert him that he has in turn used President Roosevelt as a reference. Allison believes Czar Nicholas II has read the book and is behind the inquiry. Allison offers to send a copy of the book to Roosevelt if he would like.
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1905-08-09